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Scooped settlement 1025m NW of Roughley is a prehistoric domestic site in Roxburghshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock of Inverclyde Group sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. The monument consists of sunken or scooped habitation areas, a settlement form characteristic of early medieval and later prehistoric communities across Scotland. The undulating terrain created by these shallow depressions provided shelter and easier construction for turf or timber structures, whilst the underlying geology of relatively soft sedimentary rock would have been workable for such domestic purposes. The site's position within the rolling border landscape reflects the settlement patterns of upland farming communities that occupied these marginal agricultural areas.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM13775, recognising its significance for understanding domestic settlement, land use and social organisation in the Scottish Borders. The scooped features survive as earthworks visible in the present-day landscape, providing archaeological evidence of past occupation that contributes to knowledge of settlement patterns across Roxburghshire. These humble domestic remains document the long history of human habitation and land management in the region.
Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13775. View the official record →
Scooped settlement 1025m NW of Roughley is a prehistoric domestic site in Roxburghshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock of Inverclyde Group sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13775.
Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM13775.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig (0.8 km), Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage (1.1 km), Hermitage Castle, castle, chapel, enclosures, deer trap, park boundary and farmstead (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.